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6 Feb 2012 at 7:54am
pWASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - President Barack Obama said Monday that his administration has managed to stabilize the economy and the challenge now is to take it to the next level. In an interview on NBC News 'Today' program, Obama said that the political system has made it hard to bring about the change he promised in his first presidential campaign in 2008. But Obama said his administration has been "very persistent" and has been "plodding along" in the right direction. "One of the things about being president is you get better as time goes on," Obama said. He predicted that he would be able to win reelection if he can make a "persuasive argument about how we are going to recreate a sold path for middle class success." /ppMarket Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kFYWHmd19elkkExSY2ud-HRLIh4/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kFYWHmd19elkkExSY2ud-HRLIh4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kFYWHmd19elkkExSY2ud-HRLIh4/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kFYWHmd19elkkExSY2ud-HRLIh4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=xmt3m3nJxFw:kKh4yVHojbk:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=xmt3m3nJxFw:kKh4yVHojbk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=xmt3m3nJxFw:kKh4yVHojbk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=xmt3m3nJxFw:kKh4yVHojbk:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=xmt3m3nJxFw:kKh4yVHojbk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=xmt3m3nJxFw:kKh4yVHojbk:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~4/xmt3m3nJxFw" height="1" width="1"/
6 Feb 2012 at 7:42am
pNEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc. said on Monday that it is buying SureWest Communications for $23.00 per share, or a total of approximately $340.9 million, excluding debt. The deal values SureWest at a 47% premium. /ppMarket Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8gYDFxom8XIeRpYHdgrorrJjOsI/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8gYDFxom8XIeRpYHdgrorrJjOsI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8gYDFxom8XIeRpYHdgrorrJjOsI/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8gYDFxom8XIeRpYHdgrorrJjOsI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=5xQjhPxnQyM:ZEZ3oRjowfE:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=5xQjhPxnQyM:ZEZ3oRjowfE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=5xQjhPxnQyM:ZEZ3oRjowfE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=5xQjhPxnQyM:ZEZ3oRjowfE:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=5xQjhPxnQyM:ZEZ3oRjowfE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=5xQjhPxnQyM:ZEZ3oRjowfE:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~4/5xQjhPxnQyM" height="1" width="1"/
6 Feb 2012 at 7:29am
pNEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Nabors Industries Ltd. said Monday it'll review a plan to record a $100 million contingent liability in its fourth quarter after reaching an agreement with its chairman and former chief executive, Eugene Isenberg. In October, Nabors named Anthony Petrello as chief executive officer. Isenberg will remain chairman of the board until June. Nabors said Isenberg will not receive a $100 million constructive termination payment, or a $7 million payment in his deferred bonus account. Isenberg's estate or trust will receive a payment of $6.6 million and retain insurance and other fringe benefits. Isenberg said he had planned to use the $100 million for charity. The company said it plans to make charitable contributions. Isenberg will retain the title of chairman emeritus for the company. /ppMarket Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/czV8QciRr0XJt1-5BmEDTdt6BOE/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/czV8QciRr0XJt1-5BmEDTdt6BOE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/czV8QciRr0XJt1-5BmEDTdt6BOE/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/czV8QciRr0XJt1-5BmEDTdt6BOE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=BN8Zw5czV5c:uiDojGux2vQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=BN8Zw5czV5c:uiDojGux2vQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=BN8Zw5czV5c:uiDojGux2vQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=BN8Zw5czV5c:uiDojGux2vQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=BN8Zw5czV5c:uiDojGux2vQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=BN8Zw5czV5c:uiDojGux2vQ:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~4/BN8Zw5czV5c" height="1" width="1"/
6 Feb 2012 at 7:11am
pNEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Jon Huntsman Jr., a former Republican candidate for U.S. president who pulled out of the race a month ago, is joining the board of his family's company, Huntsman Corp. , the company said Monday. Huntsman, 51, will become a new director for the Woodslands, Texas, chemical company. Huntsman will serve as a class III director until the company's 2013 annual meeting. The Huntsman board is now made up of 10 directors. /ppMarket Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/OioVPZsPFCJdpUfWrEt_JCl3CM4/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/OioVPZsPFCJdpUfWrEt_JCl3CM4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/OioVPZsPFCJdpUfWrEt_JCl3CM4/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/OioVPZsPFCJdpUfWrEt_JCl3CM4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=gWgNZp6DDY0:ebFa0AVmlYI:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=gWgNZp6DDY0:ebFa0AVmlYI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=gWgNZp6DDY0:ebFa0AVmlYI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=gWgNZp6DDY0:ebFa0AVmlYI:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=gWgNZp6DDY0:ebFa0AVmlYI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=gWgNZp6DDY0:ebFa0AVmlYI:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~4/gWgNZp6DDY0" height="1" width="1"/
6 Feb 2012 at 6:56am
pFRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Toymaker Hasbro Inc. on Monday reported fourth-quarter net earnings of $139.1 million, or $1.06 a share, versus $140 million, or 99 cents a share, in the same period a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by FactSet Research had produced a consensus forecast of $1.06 a share. The Pawtucket, R.I.-based company said it repurchased 10.5 million shares of common stock during 2011 at a total cost of $423 million, including 1 million shares in the fourth quarter. Fourth-quarter net revenues rose 4% to $1.33 billion. "Despite the challenges we encountered in 2011, we grew our business, effectively managed our capital structure and maintained a healthy balance sheet. For the full-year 2012, absent the impact of foreign exchange, we expect to again grow revenues and earnings per share," said Deborah Thomas, Hasbro chief financial officer./ppMarket Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WQZXCw-qxCybIPxBPgGFjyrL94s/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WQZXCw-qxCybIPxBPgGFjyrL94s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WQZXCw-qxCybIPxBPgGFjyrL94s/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WQZXCw-qxCybIPxBPgGFjyrL94s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=ioZ_-mQG7b4:gncuy3zFqN8:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=ioZ_-mQG7b4:gncuy3zFqN8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=ioZ_-mQG7b4:gncuy3zFqN8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=ioZ_-mQG7b4:gncuy3zFqN8:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=ioZ_-mQG7b4:gncuy3zFqN8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=ioZ_-mQG7b4:gncuy3zFqN8:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~4/ioZ_-mQG7b4" height="1" width="1"/
6 Feb 2012 at 6:39am
pFRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- CNA Financial Corp. on Monday reported fourth-quarter net income of $190 million, or 70 cents a share, down from $302 million, or $1.09 a share, in the same period a year earlier. The company reported net operating income of 71 cents a share. Analysts surveyed by FactSet Research had produced a consensus forecast of 69 cents. The Chicago-based multi-line insurance provider also announced a quarterly dividend of 15 cents a share. /ppMarket Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/i7wz-DjjkEeTGsM7s9iRhkwKMy8/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/i7wz-DjjkEeTGsM7s9iRhkwKMy8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/i7wz-DjjkEeTGsM7s9iRhkwKMy8/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/i7wz-DjjkEeTGsM7s9iRhkwKMy8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=2Ynf8uiY8Vw:HguDuky9Ljc:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=2Ynf8uiY8Vw:HguDuky9Ljc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=2Ynf8uiY8Vw:HguDuky9Ljc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=2Ynf8uiY8Vw:HguDuky9Ljc:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=2Ynf8uiY8Vw:HguDuky9Ljc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=2Ynf8uiY8Vw:HguDuky9Ljc:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~4/2Ynf8uiY8Vw" height="1" width="1"/
6 Feb 2012 at 6:18am
pLONDON (MarketWatch) -- Humana Inc. on Monday reported a fourth-quarter profit of $313 million, or $1.20 a share, up from $174 million, or 63 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue came in at $9.06 billion, up from $8.28 billion in the year-ago period. Analysts polled by FactSet Research were looking for a profit, on average, of $1.20 a share with sales of $9.26 billion. For 2012, Humana raised its earnings outlook to a range of $7.50 to $7.70 a share. "Humana's ongoing operating discipline and attractive Medicare value proposition bode well for a future of favorable senior demographics and the growing need to rein in national health-care spending -- especially in Medicare," Chairman and CEO Michael McCallister said./ppMarket Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gWAg4Kp8xjkVFtNVQ_XT_RKiuy8/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gWAg4Kp8xjkVFtNVQ_XT_RKiuy8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gWAg4Kp8xjkVFtNVQ_XT_RKiuy8/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gWAg4Kp8xjkVFtNVQ_XT_RKiuy8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=bfaAoAcuk_c:2kXxTB6n6uY:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=bfaAoAcuk_c:2kXxTB6n6uY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=bfaAoAcuk_c:2kXxTB6n6uY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=bfaAoAcuk_c:2kXxTB6n6uY:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=bfaAoAcuk_c:2kXxTB6n6uY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=bfaAoAcuk_c:2kXxTB6n6uY:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~4/bfaAoAcuk_c" height="1" width="1"/
6 Feb 2012 at 5:18am
pLONDON (MarketWatch) -- Romania's prime minister, Emil Boc, on Monday said he would step down following nationwide protests against government austerity measures, according to media reports. In a statement, media reports said, Boc announced that he was stepping down, and disbanding his government, in order to "defuse political and social tension." Boc has cut public salaries and raised sales taxes in Romania order to meet the loan demands of the International Monetary Fund and others. "The most important thing is the economic stability of the country," he said, according to the Associated Press, citing the statement./ppMarket Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/L9uorDp0jwZ7gE50BjEkgRZB9BM/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/L9uorDp0jwZ7gE50BjEkgRZB9BM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/L9uorDp0jwZ7gE50BjEkgRZB9BM/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/L9uorDp0jwZ7gE50BjEkgRZB9BM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=OdBeFPms6FM:BK0ur89mhks:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=OdBeFPms6FM:BK0ur89mhks:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=OdBeFPms6FM:BK0ur89mhks:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=OdBeFPms6FM:BK0ur89mhks:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=OdBeFPms6FM:BK0ur89mhks:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=OdBeFPms6FM:BK0ur89mhks:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~4/OdBeFPms6FM" height="1" width="1"/
6 Feb 2012 at 4:31am
pLONDON (MarketWatch) -- The Syrian city of Homs on Monday came under sustained rocket bombardment from government military forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, according to media reports. Over the weekend, Russia and China vetoed a United Nations resolution against Syria that called for an end to the violence that has plagued the Middle Eastern nation for months. The U.N. resolution backed an Arab-led plan that urged Assad to relinquish power. On Sunday, the U.S. said it would seek tougher sanctions against Syria./ppMarket Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/72aqUYIwyrgSczCumKq2WNwk13E/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/72aqUYIwyrgSczCumKq2WNwk13E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/72aqUYIwyrgSczCumKq2WNwk13E/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/72aqUYIwyrgSczCumKq2WNwk13E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=O4UygMENcWs:O6PFoR0obm4:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=O4UygMENcWs:O6PFoR0obm4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=O4UygMENcWs:O6PFoR0obm4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=O4UygMENcWs:O6PFoR0obm4:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=O4UygMENcWs:O6PFoR0obm4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=O4UygMENcWs:O6PFoR0obm4:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~4/O4UygMENcWs" height="1" width="1"/
6 Feb 2012 at 3:38am
pMADRID (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets opened lower on Monday, with banks leading the decliners, as investors again cast a nervous eye to Greece. Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has reportedly set a deadline of midday Monday for party leaders to let him know if they agree on austerity proposals. The Stoxx Europe 600 index fell 0.4% to 263.47, with Societe Generale SA down nearly 4% and Credit Agricole SA off 3%. Reflecting French bank losses, the CAC 40 index fell 0.8% to 3,400.32, while the German DAX 30 index fell 0.4% to 6,743.01, led by a 2.2% drop for Commerzbank AG and a 1.5% fall for Deutsche Bank . Shares of RWE AG rose nearly 2% on a broker upgrade. The FTSE 100 index fell 0.3% to 5,887.41, led by a 1.3% fall for Barclays PLC ./ppMarket Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/amERxGQodFQ_cnK6ky0kN9RRCXE/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/amERxGQodFQ_cnK6ky0kN9RRCXE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/amERxGQodFQ_cnK6ky0kN9RRCXE/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/amERxGQodFQ_cnK6ky0kN9RRCXE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=hjgDeUky08A:IGuW1ijhIDc:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=hjgDeUky08A:IGuW1ijhIDc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=hjgDeUky08A:IGuW1ijhIDc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=hjgDeUky08A:IGuW1ijhIDc:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=hjgDeUky08A:IGuW1ijhIDc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=hjgDeUky08A:IGuW1ijhIDc:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~4/hjgDeUky08A" height="1" width="1"/
6 Feb 2012 at 2:50am
pMADRID (MarketWatch) -- Royal Dutch Shell Group PLC was downgraded to neutral from overweight on Monday at Credit Suisse. Analysts cited disappointment that the "long-awaited" inflection point in 2012 free cashflow hasn't materialized, as capital expenditure has been rebased higher to drive future growth. They said the payoff from higher capex is several years away. "For long-term investors, Shell is a high-quality company with strong management and attractive assets. However, with a premium on multiples and sector-average free cash and dividend yields, we believe this is now fairly reflected in the shares," they said. The analysts cut their target price to 2,600 pence from 2,750 pence. /ppMarket Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/3Bo7sfwp7cjxO-A-YRA5WCDx78s/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/3Bo7sfwp7cjxO-A-YRA5WCDx78s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/3Bo7sfwp7cjxO-A-YRA5WCDx78s/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/3Bo7sfwp7cjxO-A-YRA5WCDx78s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=jE09cAqMOx8:B8MpidoQDUc:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=jE09cAqMOx8:B8MpidoQDUc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=jE09cAqMOx8:B8MpidoQDUc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=jE09cAqMOx8:B8MpidoQDUc:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=jE09cAqMOx8:B8MpidoQDUc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=jE09cAqMOx8:B8MpidoQDUc:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~4/jE09cAqMOx8" height="1" width="1"/
6 Feb 2012 at 2:29am
pMADRID (MarketWatch) -- Miner Randgold Resources PLC on Monday reported fourth-quarter net profit of $115.5 million, more than four times higher than profit of $26.8 million in the year-ago period, driven by increased production across the company. Revenue more than doubled to $311.47 million against $148.4 million in the year-ago period. Randgold said production for the year rose 58% to 696.023 ounces. The company is forecasting production growth in each of the next five yeras, with group production for 2012 estimated to be 825,000 to 865,000 ounces, a 19% rise over 2011 at the lower end of the range. /ppMarket Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2-wDsAyh42zpZPoELGqz6T-O-mY/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2-wDsAyh42zpZPoELGqz6T-O-mY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2-wDsAyh42zpZPoELGqz6T-O-mY/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2-wDsAyh42zpZPoELGqz6T-O-mY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=L8HBHhFwX70:-ICoq90PQ8E:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=L8HBHhFwX70:-ICoq90PQ8E:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=L8HBHhFwX70:-ICoq90PQ8E:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=L8HBHhFwX70:-ICoq90PQ8E:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=L8HBHhFwX70:-ICoq90PQ8E:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=L8HBHhFwX70:-ICoq90PQ8E:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~4/L8HBHhFwX70" height="1" width="1"/
6 Feb 2012 at 12:35am
pHONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao over the weekend outlined a case for China playing a role in helping Europe out of its debt crisis, highlighting the importance of Europe as a trade partner. In a statement posted Sunday on the central government's website, Wen said helping Europe was in China's own interest. "Now that Europe is facing a [sovereign] debt crisis, we must consider our relations with Europe strategically, and preserve our national interests," The Wall Street Journal cited Wen as saying in the statement. He added that Europe was China's largest single trading partner and a source for important technology. The comments appear intended to counter public skepticism about the use of state funds to help shore up the euro zone, reports said. Wen's remarks follow comments made during German Chancellor Angela Merkel's recent trip to China, when he said Beijing was considering support for a rescue fund./ppMarket Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WPhuzoL_S8v53_P4EwxvPWlG7hw/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WPhuzoL_S8v53_P4EwxvPWlG7hw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WPhuzoL_S8v53_P4EwxvPWlG7hw/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WPhuzoL_S8v53_P4EwxvPWlG7hw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=Dd5WduLI5ao:IvIjEfYAJuY:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=Dd5WduLI5ao:IvIjEfYAJuY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=Dd5WduLI5ao:IvIjEfYAJuY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=Dd5WduLI5ao:IvIjEfYAJuY:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=Dd5WduLI5ao:IvIjEfYAJuY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=Dd5WduLI5ao:IvIjEfYAJuY:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~4/Dd5WduLI5ao" height="1" width="1"/
5 Feb 2012 at 10:59pm
pHONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Temperatures are mysteriously rising in one of the damaged reactors at the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power station, according to a report on Monday by Japanese broadcaster NHK. The No. 2 reactor has been giving off a temperature reading of 71.7 degrees Celcius (161.1 degrees Fahrenheit), up from 45 degrees Celcius about 10 days earlier, the broadcaster said, citing operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. . Tepco has rearranged the piping work to the reactor in an effort to cool it more effectively, the report said. The spiking temperature reading is occurring in one thermometer in the reactor, while two others are showing more normal readings, Tepco said, adding that it was unable to account for the discrepancy./ppMarket Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/TcTKJz9F5S_eJD8LO4JehQ_cEGs/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/TcTKJz9F5S_eJD8LO4JehQ_cEGs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/TcTKJz9F5S_eJD8LO4JehQ_cEGs/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/TcTKJz9F5S_eJD8LO4JehQ_cEGs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=RjbyuZ8GVVg:aRaPgwe4yfI:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=RjbyuZ8GVVg:aRaPgwe4yfI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=RjbyuZ8GVVg:aRaPgwe4yfI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=RjbyuZ8GVVg:aRaPgwe4yfI:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=RjbyuZ8GVVg:aRaPgwe4yfI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=RjbyuZ8GVVg:aRaPgwe4yfI:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~4/RjbyuZ8GVVg" height="1" width="1"/
5 Feb 2012 at 10:30pm
pHONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- China's aviation regulator has banned domestic airlines from participating in the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme, according to a report Monday by the state-run Xinhua news agency. The Civil Aviation Administration of China has forbidden Chinese airlines from paying the emissions charges, and prohibited any increases in fares or other charges as a way of passing the tax along to consumers, according to the report. China is among more than two dozen countries that have opposed the emissions tax imposed by the E.U. from Jan. 1./ppMarket Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/L2St-bJHkIVERj3S79pjWd8ucWo/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/L2St-bJHkIVERj3S79pjWd8ucWo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/L2St-bJHkIVERj3S79pjWd8ucWo/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/L2St-bJHkIVERj3S79pjWd8ucWo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=26nH5S3R2fs:BC-UveHX0zg:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=26nH5S3R2fs:BC-UveHX0zg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=26nH5S3R2fs:BC-UveHX0zg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=26nH5S3R2fs:BC-UveHX0zg:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=26nH5S3R2fs:BC-UveHX0zg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=26nH5S3R2fs:BC-UveHX0zg:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~4/26nH5S3R2fs" height="1" width="1"/
5 Feb 2012 at 10:10pm
pNEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots 21-17 in Super Bowl XLVI, claiming the franchise's fourth Super Bowl title. The NFL championship game, held in Indianapolis, was forecast to become one of the most watched events in U.S. television history. The Giants were previously Super Bowl champions in 1987, 1991 and 2008. 2008's Super Bowl XLII also pitted the Giants and Patriots in a tight contest, with the Giants winning 17-14. As in 2008, Giants quarterback Eli Manning was named most valuable player Sunday./ppMarket Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iBuLP2dV0Y_K4PuCZPHkQBe574I/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iBuLP2dV0Y_K4PuCZPHkQBe574I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iBuLP2dV0Y_K4PuCZPHkQBe574I/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iBuLP2dV0Y_K4PuCZPHkQBe574I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=Oitlr-HWYII:asirdAO2w6s:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=Oitlr-HWYII:asirdAO2w6s:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=Oitlr-HWYII:asirdAO2w6s:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=Oitlr-HWYII:asirdAO2w6s:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=Oitlr-HWYII:asirdAO2w6s:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=Oitlr-HWYII:asirdAO2w6s:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~4/Oitlr-HWYII" height="1" width="1"/
5 Feb 2012 at 8:48pm
pHONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong shares rose Monday to start the new week on a strong footing, with heavyweight HSBC Holdings PLC leading banks higher after a strong U.S. employment data for January boosted stocks on Wall Street Friday. The Hang Seng Index rose 1.1% to 20,979.83 and the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index added 1% to 11,725.93. HSBC climbed 2.6%, while ports operator Cosco Pacific Ltd. jumped 4.9%. Mainland Chinese banks also climbed after a key state-owned investor in them said Friday it will allow three top banks to cut their dividend payout ratio to 35% from 40% in 2011, in a move likely aimed at preserving capital; among those banks, Industrial Commercial Bank of China Ltd. rose 1.1%, China Construction Bank Corp. gained 1.6% and Bank of China Ltd. added 1.5%. Meanwhile, China's Shanghai Composite added 0.4% to 2,339.65./ppMarket Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tBmc0Z-ycvn1AoVTur0q4X9_EPw/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tBmc0Z-ycvn1AoVTur0q4X9_EPw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tBmc0Z-ycvn1AoVTur0q4X9_EPw/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tBmc0Z-ycvn1AoVTur0q4X9_EPw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=TxwsirZ9IAg:QHWZySixv28:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=TxwsirZ9IAg:QHWZySixv28:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=TxwsirZ9IAg:QHWZySixv28:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=TxwsirZ9IAg:QHWZySixv28:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=TxwsirZ9IAg:QHWZySixv28:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=TxwsirZ9IAg:QHWZySixv28:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~4/TxwsirZ9IAg" height="1" width="1"/
5 Feb 2012 at 7:15pm
pSYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares climbed in early trading, with the Nikkei Stock Average up 1.3% at 8,945.84. The gains followed the release of some surprisingly strong U.S. jobs data at the end of last week. Automobile manufacturers and consumer stocks were outperforming on Monday, with Sony Corp. up 4.2%, Nissan Motor Co. up 3.7% and Honda Motor Co. up 3.3%. The dollar bought 76.53 yen on Monday, compared with ¥76.62 in late North American trading on Friday./ppMarket Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tpWJVszdhGCKYrjh2G9fYyDGXew/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tpWJVszdhGCKYrjh2G9fYyDGXew/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tpWJVszdhGCKYrjh2G9fYyDGXew/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tpWJVszdhGCKYrjh2G9fYyDGXew/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=awAcZTygzLQ:VsRrBxWtG74:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=awAcZTygzLQ:VsRrBxWtG74:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=awAcZTygzLQ:VsRrBxWtG74:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=awAcZTygzLQ:VsRrBxWtG74:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=awAcZTygzLQ:VsRrBxWtG74:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=awAcZTygzLQ:VsRrBxWtG74:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~4/awAcZTygzLQ" height="1" width="1"/
5 Feb 2012 at 6:18pm
pSYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Australian shares gained sharply in early trading, after strong U.S. jobs figures were released at the end of last week. The SP/ASX 200 index climbed 1.4% to 4,310.10. Industrial, financial and mining firms were all outperforming the benchmark, with Rio Tinto Ltd. shares up 1.9% in the mining sector, Australia New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. up 1.5% in the banking sector and Downer EDI Ltd. jumping 7.3%./ppMarket Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/AudcD_i4F3HAdc_yi7AtWUhez0A/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/AudcD_i4F3HAdc_yi7AtWUhez0A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/AudcD_i4F3HAdc_yi7AtWUhez0A/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/AudcD_i4F3HAdc_yi7AtWUhez0A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=idvBa5_8B-g:tUfaCdy9Yew:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=idvBa5_8B-g:tUfaCdy9Yew:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=idvBa5_8B-g:tUfaCdy9Yew:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=idvBa5_8B-g:tUfaCdy9Yew:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=idvBa5_8B-g:tUfaCdy9Yew:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=idvBa5_8B-g:tUfaCdy9Yew:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~4/idvBa5_8B-g" height="1" width="1"/
5 Feb 2012 at 6:08pm
pSYDNEY (MarketWatcch) -- Greece's three political parties have yet to agree on a coordinated response to reforms outlined by the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund in return for more aid, according to reports. Talks between the political party leaders will start again on Monday after a marathon meeting on Sunday failed to reach agreement on all terms, according to the reports. Greece needs another bailout to head off default in March. The country's official lenders require cross-party support for austerity measures and economic reforms as part of the funding deal./ppMarket Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Js6azhiZjePHGFFeL6TjbhiQ9bg/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Js6azhiZjePHGFFeL6TjbhiQ9bg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Js6azhiZjePHGFFeL6TjbhiQ9bg/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Js6azhiZjePHGFFeL6TjbhiQ9bg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=8BtJiM5aTHU:V15F6q3THeo:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=8BtJiM5aTHU:V15F6q3THeo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=8BtJiM5aTHU:V15F6q3THeo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=8BtJiM5aTHU:V15F6q3THeo:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?i=8BtJiM5aTHU:V15F6q3THeo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?a=8BtJiM5aTHU:V15F6q3THeo:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/marketpulse?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~4/8BtJiM5aTHU" height="1" width="1"/
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